The phrase, An Orchestrated Litany of Lies, was originally penned by Justice Mahon. He wrote them in a summary of his findings on a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the tragic Air New Zealand plane crash on Mount Erebus, on 28 November 1978. There were no survivors. All 257 people onboard were killed instantly in the greatest air disaster that had ever occurred in the world at that time. It devastated New Zealand and still leaves a scar upon the Nation — etched deeply into our consciousness.
